SAN BERNARDINO - Voters had no idea when they went to the polls in November that City Council candidate Jason Desjardins had been the subject of a rape investigation in 2006. But even if they had known, they wouldn't have had access to the crucial details that would have allowed them to decide whether the former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy had the character to lead their city.
The U.S. Supreme Court kicked off its October 2011 Term with oral arguments in a case that considers whether private plaintiffs can sue to enjoin a state from deviating from federal Medicaid program requirements. The case before the court, Douglas v. Independent Living Center of Southern California, was consolidated with several other cases. It concerns a California law that reduced by 10 percent payments to physicians, hospitals and other providers under Medi-Cal, the state's fee-for-service Medicaid program.
- Robert Merrion, president of Remco Equipment Co., recently qualified as the first AIRMaster+ Specialist in southern Colorado. The U.S. Department of Energy and the Compressed Air Challenge recognize Qualified AIRMaster+ Specialists for their ability to use AIRMaster+ software effectively with industries for modeling "what if" scenarios for possible improvements to compressed air systems and associated energy savings. - The Colorado Trial Lawyers Association announced the election of Alan Higbie of Melat Pressman & Higbie in Colorado Springs to the organization's board of directors. Higbie's practice focuses on personal injury, wrongful death, insurance bad faith and products liability cases. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of California and a law degree from the Uni...
WASHINGTON - First Amendment cases top the Supreme Court's docket as it begins a new term with a new justice and three women on the bench for the first time. The court will look at provocative anti-gay protests at military funerals and a California law banning the sale of violent video games to children. These cases worry free speech advocates, who fear the court could limit First Amendment freedoms.
The 2008-09 U.S. Supreme Court term review analyzing the most important cases of the high court's recent term will take place this Thursday, June 25, in Kansas City. Erwin Chemerinsky, founding dean of the University of California Irvine School of Law, will offer commentary on the cases and identify emerging trends.
- The Colorado Trial Lawyers Association announced the election of Alan Higbie of Melat Pressman & Higbie in Colorado Springs to the organization's board of directors. Higbie's practice focuses on personal injury, wrongful death, insurance bad faith and products liability cases. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of California and a law degree from the University of San Francisco School of Law. Higbie will serve on CTLA's board of directors for a two-year term. - Business coach Chuck Kocher of Colorado Springs was inducted into the ActionCoach Hall of Fame during the company's annual global conference in Miami. Kocher has 30 years of sales, marketing, leadership, team-building and product and business development experience in the technology and office products industries.
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